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Houston County, Alabama

A county in Alabama, ranked 12 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 01069

Within Alabama
Houston County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Dothan, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
110,318
+3,012 (+2.8%) since 2020
Land area
579.8
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
190
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Dothan
Seat of county government.
Established
1903
122 years ago
Largest city
Dothan city
Population 70,465 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Houston County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Houston County, Alabama from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 458 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Houston County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Alabama, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn AlabamaNationally
Population110,31812th of 67578th of 3,144
Land area579.8 sq mi58th of 671,701st of 3,144
Population density190 per sq mi11th of 67585th of 3,144
Median household income$58,62625th of 672,214th of 3,143

Full data for Houston County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population110,318Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020107,306Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?107,204Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area579.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area581.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?190 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$58,626American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$183,300American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households43,302American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units50,158American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+21
1,295 births, 1,274 deaths
Net migration
+581
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Houston County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Dale CountyAlabama30 mi49,912
Jackson CountyFlorida29 mi49,629
Geneva CountyAlabama27 mi27,554
Early CountyGeorgia20 mi10,455
Henry CountyAlabama20 mi18,394
Seminole CountyGeorgia5.8 mi9,162

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Alabama

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.